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Corduroy

A full-sized, sturdy board-book edition of the popular classic introduces the youngest children to the home-seeking bear who wanders throughout a department store in search of a button before finding a best friend in the faithful young Lisa. By the Caldecott Honor-winning author of Fly High, Fly Low.

Review: Corduroy (Corduroy)

... The illustrations are wonderful. The text will have you falling in love with both the adorable little bear, and the sweet girl that comes to purchase him. His ... Read full review

I like this book cause of its detailed pictures. - Goodreads

Review: Corduroy (Corduroy)

Reema - July 6, 2012 - Goodreads

... I like this book cause of its detailed pictures. The story is about a stuffed bear who finally finds a home after a long wait. The owner doesnt care if the ... Read full review

Great, happy ending and so much fun to read. - Goodreads

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Aviva Lavey - September 28, 2012 - Goodreads

... hasn't wondered if Toy Story was true and the animals were wandering the stores at night. Great, happy ending and so much fun to read. Great story for all ages. ... Read full review

It is a repetitive writing style as well. - Goodreads

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Jessica Bennett - December 6, 2010 - Goodreads

... book can also teach children to use their imagination just like Corduroy when he thinks the escalator is a mountain! It is a repetitive writing style as well. ... Read full review

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User Review - Jesse Summers - Goodreads

This is the classic and charming story of a sentient stuffed bear who pursues his dreams by going exploring in a department store one night, and of the young African-American girl who, without irony, purchases him the next day.Read full review

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User Review - Davin Thompson-williams - Goodreads

What a wonderful book. It shows that you do nit have to be perfect to be loved. It also shows that real friend accept and love you for who you are in spite of your flaws. I loved that Corduroy would ...Read full review

About the author (1968)

Don Freeman was born in San Diego, California, in 1908. At an early age, he received a trumpet as a gift from his father. He practiced obsessively and eventually joined a California dance band. After graduating from high school, he ventured to New York City to study art under the tutelage of Joan Sloan and Harry Wickey at the Art Students' League. He managed to support himself throughout his schooling by playing his trumpet evenings, in nightclubs and at weddings.

Gradually, he eased into making a living sketching impressions of Broadway shows for The New York Times and The Herald Tribune. This shift was helped along, in no small part, by a rather heartbreaking incident: he lost his trumpet. One evening, he was so engrossed in sketching people on the subway, he simply forgot it was sitting on the seat beside him. This new career turned out to be a near-perfect fit for Don, though, as he had always loved the theater.

He was introduced to the world of children’s literature when William Saroyan asked him to illustrate several books. Soon after, he began to write and illustrate his own books, a career he settled into comfortably and happily. Through his writing, he was able to create his own theater: "I love the flow of turning the pages, the suspense of what's next. Ideas just come at me and after me. It's all so natural. I work all the time, long into the night, and it's such a pleasure. I don't know when the time ends. I've never been happier in my life!"

Don died in 1978, after a long and successful career. He created many beloved characters in his lifetime, perhaps the most beloved among them a stuffed, overall-wearing bear named Corduroy.

Don Freeman was the author and illustrator of many popular books for children, including Corduroy, A Pocket for Corduroy, and the Caldecott Honor Book Fly High, Fly Low.